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Blue-Laser DVD Formats Wars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

killmore notes a story running on ZDNet talking about incompatible blue laser formats of Blue-Laser DVDs which can store 36GB of data. The new format is from Toshiba & NEC and boasts backwards compatibility with the current standards for DVDs.

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  1. Wow thats alot of date by bdigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    which can store 36GB of date. Now I can fit my whole schedule on one dvd.

  2. yeah but what we really want to know is by peculiarmethod · · Score: 3, Funny

    when is someone going to post how to exchange the amber/yellow led on front for a blue/red led?

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  3. mysterious future by sweeney37 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see... I see...

    VHS vs. Beta II: The Search for More Money

    Mike

  4. 36GB of date by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thousands of slashbots stare at each other in bewilderment.

    "What's a date?"

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    1. Re:36GB of date by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

      "What's a date?"

      It's kind of like sex, but with another person.

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  5. What a paradox! My mind is spinning! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

    An incompatible format that boasts backwards-compatability.

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  6. Blue laser......mmm.. by DJ+Rubbie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who cares how much data or what data format it can store! All I want is to remove the top cover of the drive and replace it with plexiglass, mod the computer case so there's also a plexiglass so the pretty blue laser light can actually shine through the case. mmm...

    Of course, this is quite expensive, unless someone can show me a blue laser that I can attach to the computer that will automatically point towards the eyes of whoever snooping over my back....

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  7. Mmmmmmm by wazzzup · · Score: 4, Funny

    [eyelids half-shut, drool running out of corner of mouth]

    Mmmmmmm....36GB should give me more than enough room to do everything I ever wanted to do on a date.

    Yes, even that. Mmmmmmmmmm.

  8. Won't this sort of thing defeat the purpose of by Ishin · · Score: 5, Funny

    special edition dvds? How is Peter Jackson supposed to sell two versions of the same movie two times only four months apart if they're both the same number of discs?

  9. Purple Technology by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the interest of compromise and back compatability, do you think we can merge the red and blue technologies for something more purplish? That way, everyone's happy!

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  10. Easy choice by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 3, Funny

    AOD or BluRay ?

    Easy choice- "BluRay" sounds a billion times cooler.

    Like what is "AOD"? "Attack of the DMCA"?

    Pfff.

    graspee